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- Introduction
- Learning Objectives
- Recognizing Persons And Groups At High Risk For Tuberculosis
- Identifying People to be Further Evaluated for Tuberculosis
- Evaluating Patients Presenting with Symptoms Suggestive of TB
- Medical History and Physical Exam
- Screening and Diagnostic Tests
- Collecting Sputum for Smear Examination
- Point of Care Testing
- Other Sputum Collection Methods
- Case Detection of Tuberculosis and HIV
- People with Suspected Drug-Resistant TB
- Pediatric Diagnosis
- Case Reporting
- Contact Investigation
- Target Groups for Isoniazid Preventive Therapy
- Summary Module 2
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
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Pediatric Diagnosis
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Because many children under 5 do not cough and produce sputum effectively, culture of gastric washings obtained by naso-gastric tube lavage or induced sputum have a higher yield than spontaneous sputum. Thus, these methods should be utilized to obtain sputum for both smear and culture examination. Click here for an approach to the diagnosis of TB in children recommended by the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) program of the WHO. |
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